Adaptation D’un Questionnaire à L’environnement Algérien

Abstract

This article aims to adapt and validate the PAR-QoL questionnaire, in the Algerian population; it helps assessing the impairments of the parental quality of life. The PAR-QoLisa generic version created during the French validation of the questionnaire Par-DD-QOL. The Arabic translation of the questionnaire was carried out using the method of translation, translation-back. The new version was renamed by PAR-AR-QOL. The questionnaire was completed by 855 parents(554 mother and 301 father)of 574 disabled children. The analysis of the psychometric properties of the questionnaire showed that the validity of face and content were good. The factor analysis is similar to that of the French questionnaire PAR-DD-QOL. The internal consistency was good (the Coefficient Alpha Cronbach = 0.89 for mothers and 0.91 for fathers). Finally, a good reliability test-retest was found, and the intra-class correlation coefficient was very high,0.98 for the total score, 0.95 for the score measuring the emotional effect and 0.98 for the score measuring the effect on parents ability to adapt with daily life. These satisfying results require the continuation of research using different validity methods for the questionnaire.